Following on from the casting of Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack) as Betty Cooper and Cole Sprouse (The Sweet Life of Zack and Cody) as Jughead, The CW’s live-action Riverdale series has now cast its Archie Andrews, Josie McCoy and Fred Andrews. K.J. Apa (Shortland Street) is set to play Archie, “an intense, conflicted teen, a boyish […]
Logan Marshall-Green to star in Leigh Whannell’s sci-fi thriller Stem
Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) has signed on to star in Stem, a sci-fi thriller from writer-director Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious), which is set to go into production in Whannell’s home town of Melbourne, Australia. THR is reporting that the project “is set in a near-future when technology controls nearly all aspects of life and centers on […]
Deadpool crosses $700 million at the worldwide box office
Having opened almost a month ago to the day, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men spinoff Deadpool has now reached another box office milestone, passing the $700 million mark worldwide with $708.1 million and counting. The Merc with a Mouth is now the fourteenth highest-grossing superhero movie of all time, and has outperformed the likes of Man of […]
Deadpool crosses $600 million; now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time
It’s good to be The Merc with a Mouth at this point in time, as Deadpool has crossed another landmark. Deadpool earned around $31.5 million this weekend to remain at the top of the US domestic box office, where it is now the third biggest R-rated movie of all-time behind American Sniper and The Passion […]
Deadpool crosses $500 million worldwide
With its third weekend approaching, 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has passed a box office milestone, with the film crossing the half-billion mark worldwide, having pulled in $513 million around the globe so far. Deadpool is the highest-grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise in North America, but trails X-Men: Days of Future Past globally, with the Bryan […]
Details on Ryan Reynolds and Tim Miller’s pay for Deadpool revealed
20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has been a massive hit for the studio, with the film closing in on $500 million and expected to reach as high as $800 million before its run comes to an end. In a piece over at The Hollywood Reporter, details of the pay cheques for leading man Ryan Reynolds and […]
A TV remake of Single White Female is in development
It looks like Single White Female is the latest movie set for a small screen adaptation, with THR revealing that NBC is in development on a reboot of the 1992 thriller, which starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The network has given a script commitment to the project, which will be written by Eric […]
Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara join Joaquin Phoenix in Gus Van Sant’s new film
Variety is reporting that Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara have joined Joaquin Phoenix in Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, director Gus Van Sant’s upcoming biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan. The project is based upon the 1989 autobiography of Callahan, who became paralyzed aged 21 after a car accident and turning to art […]
Meagan Good to star in Foxy Brown TV reboot for Hulu
THR is reporting that Meagan Good (Minority Report) is set to star in a TV reboot of the 70s cult classic Foxy Brown, which is being developed by MGM Television for the streaming service Hulu. The script for Foxy Brown is been penned by Malcolm Spellman (Empire) and Ben Watkins (Hand of God), and will […]
Chadwick Boseman discusses Black Panther character and accent for Captain America: Civil War
In an interview with Empire, Chadwick Boseman touched on the role Black Panther will be playing in Captain America: Civil War. While he can be seen on the side of Tony Stark in various shots of promotional footage, Black Panther will actually act as more of a peacekeeper, with Boseman saying “It’s my political mission to tame […]
